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- 1Please try disabling all the TriggeredBy's as well (systemd-journald-audit.socket systemd-journald.socket systemd-journald-dev-log.socket). This should work. I'm not going to test this on my working PC ;-)Artem S. Tashkinov– Artem S. Tashkinov2022-06-03 09:12:48 +00:00Commented Jun 3, 2022 at 9:12
- 1I'd like to configure a system (an RPi Zero) to be "read only" and minimize all CPU activity that's not necessary for what I'm doing. I'm here because I was thinking disabling system services, like logging, might be a good approach... at a minimum, an interesting exercise. Sounds like I might need to seek an embedded distro.user154279– user1542792022-11-29 21:47:15 +00:00Commented Nov 29, 2022 at 21:47
- 3@Seamus See my answer. I just spent half a day ripping systemd's benighted journaling from a bunch of systems because it couldn't handle the load of a system running with debug logs set. Loads that caused systemd to use 3+ entire CPUs while losing messages are now handled by a single rsyslogd process that takes about 17% of a single CPU. And it doesn't lose any log messages.Andrew Henle– Andrew Henle2023-05-26 16:37:28 +00:00Commented May 26, 2023 at 16:37
- I have a similar use case. I need to temporarily disable journald on a limited memory vps in order to run the distro upgrade procedure. With a normal service, this would be systemctl stop as noted above, and then it would be back on reboot after the upgrade. The procedure below is rather complicated. For my use case, it was sufficient to stop BOTH rsyslogd and journald (and all the sockets).Stuart Gathman– Stuart Gathman2024-04-10 23:07:07 +00:00Commented Apr 10, 2024 at 23:07
- 1@RokeJulianLockhart: I may have gone a little overboard in my analogy, but I'm going to let it stand b/c I feel the software does represent an autocratic mindset.Seamus– Seamus2024-11-30 23:39:31 +00:00Commented Nov 30, 2024 at 23:39
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